Maple Leaf Farm & Creamery in Falmouth
Maple Leaf Farm & Creamery
(231) 826-4628
Maple Leaf Farm & Creamery
is a goat farm between Lake City and Houghton Lake where they make cheese from their own Nubian goats and let you get a closer look at how it all comes together.
It stands out for the hands-on stuff: cheese-making classes, time in the cheese cave, and baby goat experiences along with the dairy products.
They’re currently expanding into cow milk cheeses, using organic, local Jersey cow milk alongside their existing goat milk line.
A Little Bit of Everything!
The owner, Jeanne Suggate built this whole operation herself.
It started with goats, then turned into a licensed creamery.
And then, a licensed commercial kitchen, a farm store, a CSA, flower garden, classes, events, and a full seasonal destination.
The cheese cave and mystery cheese: The farm has a manmade cheese cave where everything is labeled by type, date, and who made it. They even have “mystery cheese” that you can buy (cheese wheels that have lost their labels).
The store beyond cheese: The farm store carries goat milk lotions, lip balms, bath soaks, and soaps alongside the cheese. In season, they also sell fresh cut flowers, bedding plants from their greenhouse, and seasonal produce (beets, broccoli, kale, spinach, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, etc).
Farm animals beyond goats: Nubian goats are the stars, but the farm is also home to chickens, mini horses, and farm cats.
Baby Goat Experience
The owner set up the Baby Goat Experience after she noticed that every single visitor wanted to hold the babies.
It runs Fridays and Saturdays from late April through early June (during kidding season when the babies are old enough for snuggling but still small).
Each session is 25 minutes of one-on-one time: bottle feeding, holding, and hanging out in the play yard while the baby goats climb on you.
Book your time slot on their website.
Classes & Events
For a small countryside operation, Maple Leaf Farm runs a surprisingly full event calendar.
The cheese-making class walks you through making cheese hands-on and you get to take home what you make.
Soap-making runs the same days, so you can do both in one trip. Classes have typically been offered on a couple of Saturday dates in April and May, with limited space that fills up.
Beyond the classes, the farm hosts a rotating lineup of seasonal events: Farm Days Kids Camp in summer, the Splish Splash waterslide event in July, Fun Festival the third weekend of August, fall tastings, and Meet Santa and the Goats in December.
They also host farm-to-table luncheons and dinners out of their licensed commercial kitchen, with everything homemade and home-grown.
The farm runs a CSA program each summer, mid-June through end of August, too.
Also mentioned
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